Datia Airport

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Datia Airport
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Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Airport Authority of India [1] [2]
Serves Datia , Jhansi
LocationDatia, Madhya Pradesh
Time zone Indian Standard Time (+5:30)
Coordinates 25°38′59.9″N078°30′11.4″E / 25.649972°N 78.503167°E / 25.649972; 78.503167
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Datia Airport
Datia Airport (India)

Datia Airport is a proposed airport located in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The current airstrip does not have any scheduled services and is mainly used by private aircraft and air taxis. [3] [4] [5] There are plans to open a flight school at the airstrip. [6]

Expansion

In 2023, Airport Authority of India started to upgrade the airstrip into a new airport which is also near historical Jhansi city of Uttar Pradesh. [7] [8] The proposed airport is 29 kilometres away from Jhansi City and will serve both cities of Datia and Jhansi. [9] On 21 August 2023, India's civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the airstrip into a full-fledged airport. [10]

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